Preview opens jpegs as blank?

Preview opens jpegs as black windows (previously worked fine)
All software up-to-date
tried a couple of the fixes shown in earlier discussions including:
"Solution was to quit preview and go to user>library>preferences and delete the 3 preview .plist files (com.apple.Preview.bookmarks.plist etc) and voila!"
but unfortunately didn't work..
Can anyone help?

Yours is not a common complaint.
Standard debugging procedure would be to use Safe Mode (only essential Apple extensions loaded) to see if the problem occurs there. If no problems in Safe Mode, the trouble may lie in your extensions.
Next on the list is to log in with a different account. If you don't have one, create one, don't use the default Guest account.
Next on the list would be a re-install over the existing. This is intended to erase nothing, just replace anything damaged or missing.
Next is to re-install onto a blank drive ( either a new drive or make TWO sets of Backups and wipe the drive and install from scratch, then restore the rest). [ I recommend the new drive, they are cheap and the process is easier.] Then when adding back extensions, do so one or two at a time, and watch carefully to see if symptoms change.

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